Author - allam ahmed

Role of Higher Education in Enhancing and Supporting Entrepreneurship Eco-system towards Re-building the Economy post Covid-19 in a Digital World

The Role of Higher Education in Enhancing and Supporting Entrepreneurship Eco-system towards Re-building the Economy post Covid-19 in a Digital World WASD 19th INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE  16-18 November 2021 London - United Kingdom We are hoping the conference will take place in London Face to Face following all the health and legal guidelines by the UK government but WASD is also well prepared for running the conference online is the global pandemic lockdown continues until November 2021. As a result of the ongoing...

April 11, 2021News0 Comments
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Mastering Public Policy for the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda and SDGs

SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP SERIES 1st - 10th July 2020, London, United Kingdom Mastering Public Policy for the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals 1-3 July 2020 (Concepts, methodologies and policy formulation) 6-7 July 2020 (Industry visits and practice) 8-10 July 2020 (Global experiences, lessons learned and countries-specific cases) Facilitators  Prof Allam Ahmed, President World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) Hon. Dr. Gale Rigobert, Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Government of Saint Lucia Prof. John Adams, Professor of Economics and Former...

February 24, 2020News, , , , , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Digital Transformation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Hosted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and sponsored by Centre for Ethical Finance, Law and Communities (CEFLAC), University of East London (UEL)Target audience: Private sector, business, SMEs, academics, researchers, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society groups, youth, students and other stakeholdersFocus: Public-Private-Partnership, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), business, investment, global, science, technology, innovation, R&D, managers and directors responsible for transformation, project, programme, knowledge, innovation or change management, academics including researchers and students who are interested in artificial intelligence (AI) and...

March 10, 2019News, , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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Artificial intelligence and knowledge management for future digital leaders

Five day intensive workshopMonday 29th April - Friday 3rd May 2019 (9:30-15:30)Knowledge Dock Business Centre, University of East London, London - United Kingdom PROGRAMThe workshop will be facilitated by world renowned experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Knowledge Management (KM), Data Science (DS), and Digital Transformation (DT); Rawad Hammad (Researcher and Senior Education Solutions Analyst, King’s College London, UK); Rabie Saidi (Lead Data Scientist, UniProt, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, UK) and Allam Ahmed and Mohamed Elhag (Founders of SMART KM MODEL: An Integrated...

February 27, 2019News0 Comments
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UN Policy Research Survey

UN Policy Research Survey Following WASD successful engagement with the UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) last year on the role of PPPs in the implementation of Agenda 2030, WASD will be engaged again with JIU on its next project A.435 entitled "Strengthening the policy research uptake in service of the 2030". Together with JIU, WASD organised the first meeting in London on 14th March 2018 to launch the project (see video below). For the first time in its 52 years...

June 3, 2018News, Uncategorised, United Nations0 Comments
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Transforming policy research for the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda

Wednesday 14th March 2018 from 14:00 to 17:00 London Centre of International Law Practice (LCILP), London, United Kingdom Target audience: Academics, researchers, think tanks, consultancy firms, research centres and institutes, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society groups, youth, students and other stakeholders Focus: Global, Policy Research, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The thematic focus of this informal workshop is “Strengthening the policy research uptake in service of the 2030 Agenda” which aims to address the significant demand for evidence-based research in the United Nations system...

March 11, 2018News, , , , 0 Comments
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The Role of Women in Peace and Development

Role of women in peace and development One Day International Conference Thursday 8th March 2018 from 09:30 to 16:30 Room (US.1.11) University Square Stratford, University of East London, London, United Kingdom As part of our celebration of "International Women's day" which is celebrated across the world to show the remarkable achievements pf women to the society. The main aim of this one day conference is to critically examine the current status of women in the Arab region. Clearly, women have an untapped potential as...

February 28, 2018News, , , , , 0 Comments
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The role of the private sector and the diaspora in achieving the 2030 SDGs

Monday 5th February 2018 (18:00-20:30) UNICEF UK, London, United Kingdom Target audience: Private sector, business, SMEs, academics, researchers, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society groups, youth, students and other stakeholders and all those who are interested in UNICEF’s priorities/mandate (children, child survival i.e. health, nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, as well as education and child protection) Focus: Global, Public-Private-Partnership, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) During the event, the UN JIU Inspector Dr. Petru Dumitriu, coordinator of the project entitled "United Nations -private sector partnership arrangements in...

January 27, 2018News, , , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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The future of Sudan after lifting the US sanctions

REGISTRATION & DIRECTION Saturday 28th October 2017 (14:00-17:00) University Square Stratford – London, United Kingdom PANEL Dr. Safwan Yousif, Principal Consultant Power & Energy, Jacobs Consultancy, UK Samir Daoud, Detective and Financial Investigator, Metropolitan Police, UK Dr. Sara Taha, Specialty Registrar in Neurosurgery, National Health Services, UK Ammar Hamoda, Freelance ICT Professional, UK Wail Omer Abdin, Lawyer and Founded, Sudanese Commercial Law Office, UK Muna Ahmed Eltayeb, Education and Child Development, UK Dr. Mohamed ElNair, Associate Professor of Accounting, Almughtaribeen University and Sudan University of Science & Technology, Sudan This debate...

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS: Technological transformation for Sudan’s sustainable inclusive development

Part of Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa Editor: Allam Ahmed, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK This book will focus on the application and utilisation of science, technology and innovation (STI) for addressing societal challenges, thereby promoting development. Issues of governance of STI, technology transfer (TT), business practices, public policies and their impacts and implications on Sudan sustainable development (SD) will be critically examined. Ultimately, the aim of this book is to improve readers’ knowledge and...

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